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105th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on Water and Power Hearing held on: H.R. 3267

Thursday, March 12, 1998 | 12:00 AM washington, D.C.

Hearing held on:
H.R. 3267 - The "Sonny Bono Memorial Salton Sea Reclamation Act", to direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study and construct a project to reclaim the Salton Sea.

WITNESSES

Panel I

  • The Honorable Barbara Boxer, CA
  • The Honorable Duncan Hunter, CA
  • The Honorable Jerry Lewis, CA
  • The Honorable George Brown, CA

Panel II

  • Mr. David Hayes, Counselor to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior 
    Accompanied by:
      Robert Johnson, Lower Colorado Regional Director, BOR 
      Michael Spear, Pacific Regional Director, F&WS
  • The Honorable Douglas P. Wheeler, Secretary for Resources, State of California
  • Mr. Tellis Codekas, President, Salton Sea Authority 
    Accompanied by:
      Tom Kirk, Executive Director, Salton Sea Authority 
      Tom Veysey, Supervisor, Imperial County 
      Paul Cunningham, Director of External Affairs, III 
  • Mr. Richard Bunker, Chairman, Colorado River Commission of Nevada

Panel III

Panel IV

  • Mr. Wayne E. Cook, P.E., Executive Director, Upper Colorado River Commission
  • Mr. Leon Lesika, Executive Director, Desert Wildlife Unlimited
  • Mr. Stephen Weber, President of San Diego State University, Salton Sea University Research Consortia
  • Mr. Evan M. Hirsche, Director, National Wildlife Refuge Campaign, National Audubon Society

Additional Testimony

  • Mr. Ted Stewart, Executive Director, Utah Department of Natural Resources
  • Michael J. Bazdarich, Ph. D., Director, Inland Empire Economic Databank and Forecasting Center, University of California at Riverside

 

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